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So its Tacoma then, howabout we all meet at the Krispy Kreme next to the Freeway at the Tacoma Mall, no one can miss that honestly. But what would be the route from then on be?

My route from Oly for curiosity sake would be taking 101N West towards Aberdeen, jump onto Hwy 8 W, then Hwy 107 S, get back on 101 going S until we hit Long Beach

Some cop traffic can be expected up to Montesano but after that its smooth sailing with some nice scenic roads. Travel time is upwards of 2 and half hours if we are training from Olympia.

If we need to be in Long Beach by 12, meeting up in Tacoma at 8-8:30am would make the most sense. Giving time enough for people to join us from further north, but be on the road at 9am tops to Long Beach.

Thoughts, would this be a conceivable plan? Cause I haven't seen one yet.

And where are we meeting at in Long Beach anyway? A specific place or Address?

Personally..... I like to do full-throttle powershifts in my car.... just leave the gas on the floor.. stomp the clutch, throw the shifter, and hold on.
I also like to scream at 7000RPMs in 1st gear...... and them slam it into reverse, sidestep the clutch, and do backwards 4-wheel burnouts while still moving forward.
It's fun... try it

Just make sure everyone exchanges numbers before you go. Then when you are all together have one person man the front and one man the back. We have a couple of Nextels that make it easy to communicate quickly.

more planning

8am sounds perfect. As for the route, it would be a little bit faster taking 6 to 101 from centralia, and we will make up some time going 70-80 on the freeway, but its less scenic, and more cops.

Its all up to you guys and we can discuss where we go when we meet up depending on how we are all feeling. Half the fun is getting there IMO.

I do favor the freeway option, just that freeways are boring. Thoughts?

I'll bring a notepad so that we can write all our numbers and stick together on the way down. Caravaning is fun if people don't get left behind.

Good caravaning rules are,

1. Little to no aggressive driving,
2. Keep the line, like a rope being extended. drivers in the morning are gonna be nervous enough to see 10+ WRX's on their butt. Even if we are good people.
3. Don't run yellow or red lights. Give ample time for the whole group to drive together. Cars get left behind mainly in the intersections. Those playing catch up are more inclined to get into accidents because of stress. Its happened to my friends. Also in the Golden Gardens run a few months ago.
4. Maintain speed limit or go 5-10 over,
5. Designate a lead car and a tail car is also good. If we lose anybody, we slow down, call the tail and see whats going on and continue as necessary, or stop. If someone needs to take a leak, call the lead car and we will pull over.
6. Maintain safe driving distance, at least 2-4 car lengths behind the other car. things happen out there and if we break suddenly, not all of us have brembos, or good brakes in general, especially the other cars.
7. Everyone carry a map for Washington and Oregon. I should have one as well already cause I frequent that state.

8am sounds perfect. As for the route, it would be a little bit faster taking 6 to 101 from centralia, and we will make up some time going 70-80 on the freeway, but its less scenic, and more cops.

Its all up to you guys and we can discuss where we go when we meet up depending on how we are all feeling. Half the fun is getting there IMO.

I do favor the freeway option, just that freeways are boring. Thoughts?

I'll bring a notepad so that we can write all our numbers and stick together on the way down. Caravaning is fun if people don't get left behind.

Good caravaning rules are,

1. Little to no aggressive driving,
2. Keep the line, like a rope being extended. drivers in the morning are gonna be nervous enough to see 10+ WRX's on their butt. Even if we are good people.
3. Don't run yellow or red lights. Give ample time for the whole group to drive together. Cars get left behind mainly in the intersections. Those playing catch up are more inclined to get into accidents because of stress. Its happened to my friends. Also in the Golden Gardens run a few months ago.
4. Maintain speed limit or go 5-10 over,
5. Designate a lead car and a tail car is also good. If we lose anybody, we slow down, call the tail and see whats going on and continue as necessary, or stop. If someone needs to take a leak, call the lead car and we will pull over.
6. Maintain safe driving distance, at least 2-4 car lengths behind the other car. things happen out there and if we break suddenly, not all of us have brembos, or good brakes in general, especially the other cars.
7. Everyone carry a map for Washington and Oregon. I should have one as well already cause I frequent that state.

I hope this helps, see you all Sunday

Good Rules.... Thats How Bobby and I do it!!

Us in Front and Chan man in the Rear... LOL - we both have Nextel phones... He makes sures all is in line... Losing people sucks! But We havent lost anyone yet!

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